1 Mar 2021

Europe: Covid protests and mental health worries

From Nine To Noon, 10:08 am on 1 March 2021

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the weekend's anti-lockdown protest that turned violent in Dublin, just the latest of many that have sprung up across Europe. And there's increasing debate about the impact of lockdowns and restrictions on Europeans' mental health. Meanwhile, the new police chief in the EU’s smallest nation, Malta, has given hope that a fresh page is being turned in the country after years of scandal over the murder of a prominent anti-corruption journalist.

A group of Anti-Lockdown protesters clash with Gardai (Irish Police) in Grafton Street, Dublin, during Level 5 Covid-19  lockdown.

Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/AFP